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Revyl & Lory: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:04pm.
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New York, August 3, 1918. "Madame Revyl and Jane Lory." The French actresses Simone Revyl and Jane (Jeanne) Lory, members of Jacques Coupeau's theater troupe. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
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Texalene Benzol Blend: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 1:50am.
1925. Washington, D.C. "Texas Company, Benning Service Station." George H. James, proprietor. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
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Mary Makes a Radio: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:26am.
1925. "Starting assembly of set (Mary Ramsey)." A worker at the Atwater Kent radio factory in Philadelphia. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
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Secretary of War: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 11:06pm.
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October 14, 1925. "Sec. Dwight Davis & family after swearing in." Dwight Davis, Secretary of War in the Coolidge administration and a tennis champion in his younger years, is probably best remembered as founder of the Davis Cup. National Photo Company glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Elephant Walk: 1925
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 10:52pm.
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May 15, 1925. "Jane Davis, Jimmy Davis & Theodore Amussen." Jane and her brother, seen here yesterday, were the children of Labor Secretary James Davis. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Kodak Moment: 1926
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 5:07pm.
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1926. "Jimmie Jr., Jane, Joan, Jean Davis (Lee Hart job)." Dad James Davis was Secretary of Labor in the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover administrations before being elected to the Senate. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
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Miss Jane: 1923
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 2:09pm.
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"Miss Jane [illegible], 1923." One of three images of Miss Jane in the archive. Who will be the first to identify our mystery aviatrix? National Photo glass negative. View full size. [The answer: Stanton Square reveals her to be Janet Moffett, daughter of Rear Admiral William Moffett.]
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